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Asia & Pacific

Delay in security treaty with Australia as PNG consults 'domestic processes'

SYDNEY, May 30 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea said a proposed security treaty with neighbour Australia would be delayed as it consults "domestic processes", a week after signing a defence agreement with the United States that sparked student protests.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Climate-stressed Indian farmers seek to escape debt and suicide

Farmer Ganpatram Bheda, 66, fears he will lose his two acres of land in northwest India after scarce rainfall and extreme cold in recent years hit crop yields, trapping him in a web of loans with little help from the state to overcome his financial woes. ...

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Singapore to work with Indonesia to push Myanmar peace plan

He was speaking after meeting visiting President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo. ...

2 years ago

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Hun Sen says positive for COVID-19 after hosting ASEAN summit

Asia's longest-ruling leader said in a Facebook post that he got the positive result on arrival in Bali for a G20 summit, but was not experiencing any symptoms.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Sunak says he hopes to meet Xi on G20 sidelines

Sunak, who only took office three weeks ago, is due to hold formal bilateral meetings with US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia. 

2 years ago
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G20 starts in Bali as Ukraine war, raging inflation top agenda

Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies open talks on Tuesday on the island of Bali, after a final pitch by host Indonesia for the bloc to focus on action to help a global economic recovery despite deep rifts due to the war in Ukraine.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

G20 consensus on war in Ukraine to be 'tough ride': Scholz

"We are working very hard to ensure that we not only make clear, important statements on all the issues that affect the world together... but also on the issues of peace and the consequences of the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine," Scholz said during a joint news conference with Singapore's prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, in Singapore.

2 years ago
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Rainforest giants Brazil, Indonesia, DR Congo sign deforestation pact

The world's biggest rainforest nations Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday formally launched a climate partnership to work together on conservation.

2 years ago
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UK's Sunak extends support to Ukraine, awards $4.9 bln contract to BAE Systems

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday extended his support for Ukraine at the G20 summit and said that Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime will hear the chorus of global opposition to its actions.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Biden, Xi clash on Taiwan but find common ground on Ukraine

Xi and Biden both sought to lower the temperature as they met for more than two hours on the resort island of Bali, with the presidents both saying they wanted to prevent high tensions from spilling over into conflict.

2 years ago
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Who will China's Xi meet this week and what's at stake?

Fresh from securing a norm-breaking third term as Communist Party leader, Xi will have the wind at his back as he prepares to meet a string of powerful dignitaries in what is only his second overseas trip since early 2020.

2 years ago
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Russian foreign minister has left hospital in good health

He was taken to hospital for a "check-up" at the Sanglah hospital and he "immediately returned", said Bali Governor I Wayan Koster.

2 years ago
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Germany’s Scholz to arrive in Bali after visit to Vietnam, Singapore

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to arrive in Bali on Monday evening for the summit of the G20 group of major economies after visiting Vietnam and Singapore in a mission to reinvigorate ties with the Indo-Pacific region.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Jokowi, UAE president inaugurate Shaikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Surakarta

Designed to be a replica of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi — the largest one in the country, Surakarta's new mosque, painted in white with gilt ornamentation, has four minarets and one main dome.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Joe Biden unveils investments in Indonesia carbon capture, transport

A joint study by Pertamina and Exxonmobil had found a potential carbon storage capacity of 1 billion tonnes in Pertamina's oil and gas fields, which could permanently store Indonesia's emissions for the next 16 years, Pertamina said in a separate statement on Sunday.

2 years ago
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Indonesia pulls out all the stops ahead of G20 Summit

Bali’s Nusa Dua hotel enclave has been transformed into ground zero of Indonesia’s G20 presidency activities, with beefed-up security and a fleet of electric vehicles servicing thousands of participants.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Leaders land in Bali for G20 summit

Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are on Monday set to meet face-to-face for the first time since Biden took office, as bilateral relations languish at their worst in decades. Jake Sullivan, a national security adviser to Biden, told reporters the meeting could last "a couple of hours".

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Sunak heads to G20 with veiled attack on China

Developing nations must have access to credit for economic growth without becoming reliant on "exploitative" lenders, Sunak is expected to tell the summit, echoing past G7 criticism of China.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Lavrov arrives in Bali for G20 summit

It would be the first G20 Summit since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Moscow calls its actions in Ukraine a special operation.

2 years ago
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Jokowi pushes for regional peace, stability in meetings with ASEAN partners

In a series of meetings between ASEAN countries and their Indo-Pacific partners on Saturday, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo continued to advocate for regional peace and stability.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Albanese hails 'constructive' talk with China's Li

Albanese, whose Labor government is keen to scrape the ice off of Canberra's frosty relationship with Beijing, spoke to Li at a gala dinner on Saturday night at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Phnom Penh.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Biden says won't veer into conflict with China

Addressing the East Asia Summit in Cambodia, Biden said the United States would compete with China and speak out over its human rights record, but stressed the importance of peace in the Taiwan Strait and ensuring freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. 

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Jokowi launches G20 pandemic fund, seeks more money

The President expects more financial support at the launch of the multi-million dollar fund.

2 years ago
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Biden to talk North Korea with Xi in G20 summit

Biden met Southeast Asian leaders in Phnom Penh ahead of his encounter with his Chinese counterpart on Monday in Bali.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Albanese talks briefly with Li Keqiang, prompting talk of summit

Albanese and Li spoke on arrival at a gala on the sidelines of the summit in Phnom Penh of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. 

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Which leaders will attend G20 summit?

The Nov 15-16 summit is the first among G20 leaders since Russia invaded Ukraine in what Moscow has called a "special military operation", which is likely to be a major topic of conversation at the meeting.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

You say Cambodia, Biden says Colombia

"Now that we're back together here in Cambodia, I look forward to building even stronger progress than we've already made, and I want to thank the Prime Minister of Colombia for his leadership as ASEAN chair and for hosting all of us," Biden said while meeting his counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Phnom Penh.

2 years ago
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Twitter Blue 'probably' coming back end of next week, Musk says

Twitter Blue will probably "come back end of next week", billionaire owner Elon Musk said in a tweet on Saturday.

2 years ago
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Biden says US-ASEAN pact to address 'biggest issues of our time'

Southeast Asian heads of government held talks on Saturday with visiting global leaders including US President Joe Biden, who hailed the launch of a new US-ASEAN pact as a critical step towards tackling "the biggest issues of our time".

2 years ago
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UN chief tells Myanmar junta to get democracy 'back on track'

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday urged the Myanmar junta to immediately return to democracy, saying it was the only way to stop the "unending nightmare" engulfing the country.

2 years ago
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Ukraine minister urges ASEAN to stop Russian 'hunger games'

Ukraine's foreign minister on Saturday urged Southeast Asian countries to take all measures possible to stop Russia from playing "hunger games" over a Ukrainian Black Sea grain deal, which could expire next week.

2 years ago
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Biden to press Xi on North Korea in G20 talks

US President Joe Biden landed in Asia on Saturday vowing to urge Chinese leader Xi Jinping to rein in North Korea when they hold their first face-to-face meeting at next week's G20 summit.

2 years ago
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US Treasury's Yellen to meet with China central bank chief at G20 summit in Bali

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters on Friday that she plans to meet with China's central bank governor Yi Gang on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali to discuss global economic conditions and China's property market situation.

2 years ago
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